Iran's foreign ministry on Monday congratulated the Lebanese people and all Lebanese parties on the election of Free Patriotic Movement founder Michel Aoun as president, calling the election "an important step to consolidate democracy and ensure Lebanon's stability."

Media office of presidential hopeful MP Michel Aoun issued a statement on Monday, ahead of a parliament session set to elect a president, and reminded the Lebanese, mainly Aoun's supporters, of the need to comply with the regulations during celebrations that will go in parallel with the election session.

The statement urged the Lebanese especially supporters of Aoun to “comply with the regulations during the celebrations and to stay away from abusive manifestations,” said the statement.

Lebanon's parliamentarians elected on Monday founder of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun president of the republic after a longtime vacuum that has been plaguing Lebanon since May 2014 when the term of the president ended.

Eighty-three deputies out of 127 voted for Aoun in the second round when the first round failed to secure him a two-thirds majority winning vote.

Senior Hizbullah official Sheikh Nabil Qaouq stressed on Saturday that the Saudi sanctions against Hizbullah have failed to weaken the party, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

Hizbullah has not expressed commitment so far to name al-Mustaqbal Movement chief Saad Hariri for the premiership and the formation of the new government, as speculations believe that it could be keeping it for the last minute, Ad-Diyar daily reported on Saturday.

The daily quoted Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah who had urged for a comprehensive agreement and said: “Let a comprehensive agreement with regard to the presidency, premier and the formation of a government be reached.” But the truth is that no one in Hizbullah has named Hariri so far, added Ad-Diyar.

Some serious efforts are underway to convince Marada chief MP Suleiman Franjieh to withdraw his nomination from the presidential race, al-Akhbar daily reported on Saturday.

The daily said that some “unnamed” parties are “testing the waters” and coordinating efforts with the Free Patriotic Movement, of presidential hopeful MP Michel Aoun, to find a way to make Franjieh withdraw his candidacy before Monday's election session.

Minister of Social Affairs Rashid Derbas stressed the need to send Syrian refugees to the safe zones in Syria because “things are spiraling out of control in Lebanon, as he lamented that the government had suffered many setbacks and disruptions ,” Derbas told VDL (93.3) on Friday.

“This matter can no longer afford leniency, especially that things have been spiraling out of control. We should invest in the prevailing situation and send refugees back to safe zones in Syria,” Derbas said.

Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries did not turn their back on Lebanon and stand at an equal distance from all Lebanese parties and candidates in the presidential race, An Nahar daily reported on Friday.

“The visit of the Saudi State Minister for Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan is not meant to give Saudi Arabia's “blessing” for the expected election of MP Michel Aoun as president, nor to make a position, but rather to inform political leaders in Lebanon that Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States are still interested in Lebanon and to slam reports that they turned their back on the country,” well-informed sources told the daily.

Change and Reform bloc leader and presidential hopeful MP Michel Aoun will not meet his rival in the race MP Suleiman Franjieh ahead of Monday's presidential elections, because the latter did not withdraw his nomination, the Kuwaiti al-Anbaa daily reported on Friday.

Some indicators have emerged in the past few days, call for fear of attempts to manipulate -the already fragile- monetary situation in Lebanon in light of the looming presidential elections, al-Akhbar daily reported on Friday.